Coming from the UK where our reptiles are rarely thicker than a USB cable and only fearsome if you happen to be the size of a fruit fly, one common denizen of Singapore’s wonderful Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (which I was fortunate to visit last week) that never fails to fascinate me is the Asian [...]

In my walk around Jamaica Bay today I saw many cool birds, some neat bugs, and, best of all, a Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) burying her nest.  Unfortunately for her eggs, she chose to bury them right in front of a bench on the trail around the West Pond (a not uncommon occurrence at Jamaica [...]

Migration - that extraordinary time of the year when the world’s animals are on the move, when we’re reminded that international borders mean nothing to the rest of the planet’s lifeforms, that while we complain about cramped seats on a jumbo jet and how tired we feel after a ten-hour flight there are bundles of [...]

One of the coolest and most confiding reptiles I’ve encountered in the tropics is the Striped Basilisk Lizard (Basiliscus vittatus). This remarkable little monster is also known as the Brown Basilisk, but it shares a more glamorous nickname and ability with other lizards in its genus.

The genus Basiliscus, in the same family as iguanas, includes [...]

This raccoon was raiding the feeders at Five Rivers the last time I was there, the same day I photographed a Painted Turtle.

About two minutes after I started observing him he climbed down, scratched around in the seed for awhile, and wandered off.  Then the birds came back.
Also, if anyone is wondering if Barn Owls use [...]

This Painted Turtle was crossing a path at Five Rivers when I briefly captured it for some pictures.  After the photo session I put it on the side of the path it was heading towards.
 

 

Have a superb weekend and go visit Friday Ark #141.